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68 BIOGRAPHY.
again, and on the 23d of July he expired tranquilly, sur-
rounded by his wife, his children, and a near relative, dear
to us all. 5
Soon after this we went out to Arsta, whither my fa-
ther’s body was taken; he was buried in our family vault in
Oster-Hanninge church-yard, under the shade of four beau-
tiful lime-trees, where the remains of his daughter, the
pretty, charming little Sophie, who died at the age of four-
teen, had previously been deposited.
My parents had given their consent to my betrothal
with ; the wedding was to be celebrated in November,
after which I was to go to my new home in Christianstad.
My good sisters, and not the least Fredrika, were inde-
fatigable in assisting me to provide every thing requisite on
such occasions; and on the 7th of November, the day fixed
for the wedding, only our nearest relatives and my father’s
old friend, Bishop Franzén, who was to perform the cere-
mony, were invited.
Fredrika, so sympathizing in every thing that concerned
me, saw in this marriage a store of only joy and happiness
for me, and augured, in a prophetic spirit, that it would be
one of the few really happy unions on earth.
Shortly after the wedding, my husband and I left Arsta,
and, as soon as I had arrived in Christianstad, a very ani-
mated correspondence was again opened with Fredrika.
In the summer of the following year, 1831, I had the
happiness of embracing Fredrika in my own home. She
came to stay with us at least a twelvemonth, to read, study,
and write in quietness. Previous to my arrival in Scania,!
she was already known there and loved as the authoress of |
“ Sketches of Every-day Life,” since, at the close of the
preceding year, her former anonyme had been unveiled.
The highest, most intellectual, and elegant society of Chris-
tianstad longed to make her acquaintance.
1 The southernmost province of Sweden, in which the town of Chris.
tianstad is situated.
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